National Auto Research (NAR), the publisher of the popular Black Book family of vehicle appraisal guides, is a Division of Hearst Business Media, an operating group of the Hearst Corporation. The Hearst Corporation (www.hearst.com) is one of the nation's largest diversified communications companies. Its major interests include magazine, newspaper and business publishing, cable networks, television and radio broadcasting, Internet businesses, newspaper features distribution and real estate.

Founded in 2000, Veretech is a privately funded technology company based in Boca Raton, Fla. The company is the creator of an online vehicle trade-in process that improves dealer closing rates and customer satisfaction. Currently, nearly 1,000 automotive retailing Web sites, manufacturer Web sites and Web portals use Veretech services.